Combined trousers-stretcher and coat-hanger.



No. 830,874. PATENTED SEPT. 11, 1906. I S. B. BBDINGBR. 1 COMBINED TROUSERS STRETGHER AND COAT HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 29. 1905.

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' SINGLETON BERRY BEDINGER, OF TERRELL, TEXAS.

COMBIIlED TROUSERS-STRETCHER AND COAT-HANGER.

. To all whom it may concern- Be it known that I, SINGLETON BERRY BEDINGER, a citizenpf the United States, and a resident of Terrell, in the county of Kaufman and State of Texas, have invented a new and Improved Combined Trousers-Stretcher and CoatHanger, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Ehe object of the invention is to provide an extremely simple, novel trousers-stretcher formed of resilient wire rods, and a apathanger of similar material, these cooperative devices being so combined that the coathanger adds to the efficiency of the trousers. stretcher when both are employed together,

' a further object being to so construct the trousersstretcher and coat-hanger thatthey may be used separately and be equally efl'ect ive if this is desired.

The invention consists in the novel -construction and combination of parts, as is hereinafter described, and definee in the subjoined claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanyin'g drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding'parts in all the fig- UlCS. 4

Figure 1 is a side view of the trousersstretcher appliance engaged within the legs of a pair of trousers shown by dotted lines and the coat-hanger device engaged with limbs of the trousers-stretcher and aiding their divergence. Fig. 2 is a detached perspective view of the trousers-stretcher and of the coat-hanger, combined together for 006 erative service; and Fig. 3 is a detached sin c iew .of one-half section of the trousers-' stretcher.

The trousers-stretcher comprises two similar half-sections A, each section in use being inserted into a respective leg of a pair of trousers for their distention fiatwise. As shown, each section of the'two-part stretcher device is formed of a single wire rod of sufficient length, bent into forin as follows At the longitudinal center of the wire rod a, coil, 0 is formed, and on each equal portien b"' thereof, 'Nl ich extends outwardly and downwardly from said coils an equal distancegfa substantially U-shaped bend a is formed, thus disposing the two equal remaining portions d of the resilient material parallel with each other, as is clearly shown in Fig, 3 and it will be obvious that the coil aadapts these limbs (Z to spring at Ed afterbeing'ccmpressed Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed September 29, 1905. Serial No. 236.630.

Patented Sept, 11, 1906.

toward each other. On the ends of the limbs d on-each stretcher-section A a hook e is formed, which hooks are preferably bent inward and downward in the same plane with the coilaand'spreaderdimbs d. Y The coat or vest hanger B is .formed of a resilient wire rod, having a single coil 9 formed at its center (if length, from which pro ect oppositely two bodymembers h, and

at an equal distance from said coil an eye '11 is formed on each body member and from each eye the remaining portions m of-"the Wire-rod material project oppositely in the same plane with the body member h, and preferably are 7 equally arched, thus. adapting them to conform to the shape of the shoulders of a coat or vest that may be hung for support on the hanger device.

"In the combined use of the two stretcher i sections or frames A with the han er B the frames A are each passed from the hody portionof a pair of trousers down into a respective le (7 and are disposed therein so that the limbs 5 will respectively engage the front and. 89 rear portions of the trousers-leg at their transverse centers, as isindicated for one leg in Fig. 1. The insertion of each section or frame A into a trousers-leg will compress the limbs d thereof toward each other, so that considerable outward pressure will result and. the limbs will produce" creases in the legs of the trousers at their front and rear sides, the coils a enforcing this pressure of the limbs. The coat-hanger B is now connected with the 90 hooks e on the ends of the limbs d by the insertion of the free-ends of the hooks down into the eyes i, and the width between said eyes may be such that the body members 7L Whereon the eyes are formed, require compression ,toward each other to permit the hooks e to pass down into the eyes,-this compression servin to increase the tension ofthe spring-coil g. Upon relaxing pressure thereon the body members hwill resume normal adjustment, and this will increase the distending strain had by the limbs (1, due to the tension of the spring-coil g tending to spread apart the eyes '11. The coat-hanger may now beutilized for the support of a vest'or coat engaged therewith in an obvious manner, and the trousers and coat orvest may be hung upon a hook or other stable projectlon from a wall by an engage-rigo- Qhexewith of the coil g. 1 to The trousers may be on: mil in creased condition by placing the stretcher-frames A frames of resilient wire each having a air of limbs, a spring-coil adapted for diverging the free ends of eachpair of limbs, said free ends being provided wlth hooks, and a hanger havmg eyes for engaging the hooks, said hanger serving to support the stretchers and to mamtain the limbs substantially parallel.

2. A trousers-stretcher comprising two frames each formed of a wire rod having a spring-coil formed at the center of the wire material, two members'extended oppositely from the coil, two U-shaped bends at the resp'ective ends of said members, two limbs 4 rojected from the U-sha ed .bends, hooks ent on the ends of the =lim s, and a rod having eyes for engaging the hooks, and a central loop whereby to suspend the stretchers.

3. The combination with a stretcher-frame comprising two resilient limbs spaced apart by a spring-coil, and two straight frame -members extended oppositely from the coil,

and a hook 'on the free end of each limb, of a garment-hanger comprising two body members of wire-rod material spaced apart by an integral spring-coil, eyes at an equal distance from the spring-coil, and body members extended from the eyes, said eyes receiving the hooks on the ends of the air of limbs when said limbs are compresse by their insertion within the leg of a garment,

4. The combination with apair of stretcherframes, each com rising a springcoil, two members extende outward and downward from said coil, U-shaped bends at the ends of said members, resilient limbs extended from the U-shaped bends, and hooks formed on the free ends of the limbs, of a hanger device embod ing a central s ring-coil, body members 02 wire extende oppositeli from the spring-coil, eyes formed on these ody members, and extensions of the body members projected from the eyes, said extensions being similarly arched, thehooks on the trousers-stretcher limbs e aging the eyes, said limbs bein distended by the tension of the coil on the anger device.

In testimony. whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SINGLETON BERRY BEDINGER: Witnesses E. H. WICKS, JOHN L. TERRELL. 

